Matthew Mills

Football player infobox
playername = Matthew Mills


fullname = Matthew Claude Mills
height = 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|7|14
cityofbirth = Swindon
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Doncaster Rovers
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003–2006
2004
2005
2006–2008
2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Southampton
→ Coventry City (loan)
→ Bournemouth (loan)
Manchester City
→ Colchester United (loan)
→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)
Doncaster Rovers
caps(goals) = 04 (0)
04 (0)
12 (3)
02 (0)
09 (0)
30 (3)
02 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 21:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Matthew Claude Mills (born July 14, 1986 in Swindon) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Doncaster Rovers.

The promising England Under-21 defender signed for Manchester City from Southampton on a three-and-a-half-year deal in January 2006. A tall, athletic and composed centre-back, Mills linked up again with City reserve boss Steve Wigley, who worked with the youngster during his spell in charge of Saints' Academy. Mills displayed his potential during a handful of Championship appearances for the south-coast club and he has also enjoyed loan spells at Bournemouth and Coventry City.

On 26 January, 2007, he joined Colchester United [cite news
date=2007-01-26
url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/6301965.stm
title=Mills secures move to Colchester
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2008-07-31] on loan returning in April.

On 17 August, Mills joined Doncaster Rovers on a six month loan deal, linking up with manager Sean O'Driscoll for a second time in his career.

He had his loan spell cut short on the 21 November, but he then rejoined Doncaster on loan following his spell out through injury and stayed at the South Yorkshire club for the rest of the season. He was part of the starting eleven which won promotion to the Championship, beating Leeds United at Wembley Stadium in the League One Play-off Final in May 2008. He expressed his desire to join Doncaster after winning promotion at Wembley and was expected to sign in the close-season.

After two months of speculation about his future, and his move to Rovers in doubt after a change of manager at Manchester City, he was eventually unveiled as Doncaster Rovers record signing when he put pen-to-paper on a 3-year contract with Doncaster on 30 July, 2008. [cite news
date=2008-07-31
url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11734_3890695,00.html
title=Donny land Mills
publisher=Sky Sports
accessdate=2008-07-31] Rovers paid £300,000 for his services which smashed the club's transfer record, previously set with the signing of James Hayter for £200,000 in 2007. On signing permanently for Doncaster Rovers, Mills was given the number 5 shirt which had been vacated by the departure of Graeme Lee, Mills had previously worn number 22 when he was on loan with the club.

Mills is dating Hollyoaks actress Emma Rigby, and on 13 July 2008 he was photographed on holiday in Dubai with her in the News Of The World. In August 2008, she confirmed in New Magazine that they'd been together almost a year.

His brother, Joseph was a trainee at Southampton, and has recently made his first team debut.

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